October 29, 7:00-10:00pm – Halloween Costume Ball
Teens with disabilities catch costume fever, make new friends and enjoy light refreshments at this fun Halloween dance and costume contest! Therapeutic Recreation for age 13-up; $7/person; pre-registration required, call 770.822.5414. Rhodes Jordan Park Community Recreation Center, 100 East Crogan Street, Lawrenceville. Register here
October 29, 5:00-7:00pm – Play It Safe Halloween
Come in your costume and enjoy a fun-filled Halloween party for young children with cognitive disabilities. Fun for the whole family! Admission is one bag of individually wrapped candy; Age 12-under, pre-registration encouraged, call 770.822.5414. Rhodes Jordan Park Community Recreation Center, 100 East Crogan Street, Lawrenceville. Register here
Bogan Park has an ADA compliant and accessible playground. The surfacing is engineered wood fiber, which mats down so that wheelchairs can roll over it. There are concrete ramps which go into the surfacing somewhat like a boat ramp into a lake. This avoids having a lip (and bump) at the end of the sidewalk. The playgrounds include several activity panels suitable for handicapped children, such as drums, store front & hand cycler. Several bridges, climbers and slides can be accessed from transfer platforms. These are for children who can pull themselves out of their wheelchair and onto the deck.
In addition to Bogan Park, the county has handicap accessible playgrounds at Duncan Creek Park in Dacula and Peachtree Ridge Park in Suwanee, as well as Unity Place at Bay Creek Park, located in Loganville which is an award winning, fully accessible playground for special needs featuring a specialized rubberized surface, wheelchair friendly slides, swings and a handicapped accessible ball field.
Gwinnett County Parks & Recreation is also excited to announce that it will begin to offer a Therapeutic Recreation Program in Fall 2010. This will not replace the county’s Inclusion Based Programming, which continues to be extremely successful in the county’s Day Camp and class programming. But it will give citizens an option to choose which type of programming is best for their child or family member.
Please check the Gwinnett County Parks website for more information on this exciting program and specific information about each park.
The comments above were provided in response to a county resident and their need for ADA compliant and accessible playgrounds. I want to thank the county parks people for their quick and detailed response to the inquiry forwarded by me in regard to a reader’s question.
Coed Flag Football: (Program Sold Out last Spring, Do not delay)
Dates: Sunday Afternoons, Feb 28 – May 23 (No Games Spring break or Mothers’ Day)
Location: Gary Pirkle Park Synthetic Turf Field (6195 Austin Garner Rd Sugar Hill 30518)
Practices and Game times are between 1:00 – 6:00pm (2 hrs per player)
Kids Ages 4 -14
Registration includes: Reversible Jersey, flag belt, medal, and trophy
Practices and Games are the same day – (No Weekday commitment)
Spring Coed T-Ball & Baseball: (Program Sold Out last Spring, Do not delay)
Dates: Saturdays, Feb 27 – May 22 (No Games Spring break)
Location: EE Robinson Park (Just north of 939 Level Creek rd Sugar Hill 30518)
Practices and Game times are between 9:00am – 3:00pm (1-1.5 hrs per player)
T-Ball Division – Kids (Grades PreK 3 – 1st) – depending on experience
Modified Coach Pitch – Kids (Grades 1st – 3rd) – depending on experience
Coach Pitch Division – Kids (Grades 3rd – 6th) – depending on experience
Registration includes: Baseball Hat & Jersey, medal, and trophy
Practices and Games are the same day – (No Weekday commitment)
Spring Coed Instructional Lacrosse: (Learn the FUNdamentals)
Dates: Saturdays, March 13 – May 22 (No Games Spring break)
Location: Gary Pirkle Park Synthetic Turf Field (6195 Austin Garner Rd Sugar Hill 30518)
Practices and Game times are between 2:00 – 5:00pm (2 hrs per player)
Kids Ages 8 – 14
Player is required to have mouthpiece, eye protection and lacrosse stick. We have helmets that can be
borrowed (limited supply)
Registration includes: Reversible Jersey and participation trophy
Practices and Games are the same day – (No Weekday commitment)
Adaptive Sports Program (Children with Special Needs)
Dates: Saturdays, March 20 – May 23 (No Games Spring break)
9:00am-12:00pm (45 mins – 1 hr per player)
Location: Gary Pirkle Park or EE Robinson Park
Kids Ages 3 – 14
Registration includes: Reversible Jersey and participation trophy
(No Weekday commitment)
Little Tykes Program (Winter & Spring Sessions)
Dates: Tuesdays, March 16 – May 18 (No Activities Spring break)
10:00 – 11:00am (45 mins – 1 hr per player)
Location: Sugar Hill Community Center (Winter), Gary Pirkle Park or EE Robinson Park (Spring)
Kids Ages 3 – 4
Min of 5 participants, Max of 10
Registration includes: T-shirt, water bottle, and misc. prizes
For questions please contact the Recreation Department at 770-831-7413
Cheer on soccer athletes at an exciting power wheelchair sports competition Fri., March 12 through Sun., March 14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Lucky Shoals Park in Gwinnett County.
Royalty Power Soccer and Gwinnett County Parks & Recreation will co-host the United States Power Soccer Associations (USPSA), 2010 Division II Eastern Regional Tournament. The USPSA is the governing body of the sport of power soccer. This event is the qualifying tournament for the top three teams to attend the National Competition held in June. The winner of this tournament will hold the title of 2010 Eastern Regional DII Champions.
Tournament games begin every hour and are free for the public to attend. To find out more about this event and Power Soccer, visit www.royaltypowersoccer.com.
Lucky Shoals Park is located at 4651 Britt Road, Norcross, Ga. For more information on Gwinnett County Parks & Recreation, visit www.gwinnettparks.com
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